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St. Petersburg (FL) Times
October 30, 1927

        Air Blast Imprisons Timber
         Men in Forty-First Level;
          First Accident in Mine.
          
        HOUGHTON, Mich., - Oct. 29 - (AP)
        A rescue team of 150 picked mine
      timber men tonight were digging
      frantically into the bowels of the
      earth 4,100 feet underground in an
      effort to reach seven men trapped in
      the 41st level of the Quincy Copper
      mine near here today by an air-blast.
        The victims, members of a crew of
      11 mine timber men, were repairing
      the level, damaged last week by a
      fire, when the blast occurred from
      beneath, tearing out the floor of
      the level and dislodging a mass of
      stone from the level above. Four of
      the men had just left the 41st level
      to obtain more tools and were in an
      outlet between level 40 and 39 when
      the accident occurred. Two other and
      more distant detonations followed the
      first explosion, according to the men,
      who were hoisted to the surface and
      spread the alarm.
        Mine officials immediately recruited
      the rescue team, members of which were
      lowered back into the shaft and began
      the grueling work of clearing the level.
      Officials were of the opinion little
      chance of finding the men alive existed
      because of the terrific force of the
      explosion but declared the rescue work
      would proceed until the victims were
      found.
        The Quincy mine has been in operation
      for 79 years, and today's accident was
      the first ever recorded there. The shaft
      has 89 levels, approximately 100 feet
      apart, and goes down into the earth for
      nearly 9,000 feet.
        Origin of the air blasts such as the
      one which occurred today, are more or
      less of a mystery. Some geologists and
      mining men believe they result from earth
      tremors, caused by the slipping of strata.
      Others contend they are brought about by
      the settling of superincumbent rock in
      worked-out openings, causing violent com-
      pression of air elsewhere in the mine.
      
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